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Gothic novels
- 1. GOTHIC NOVELS End of18th century
- 2. Gothic novels… ♦ werea very popular genre among all strata of society
- 3. Gothic novels… ♦ werea very popular genre among all strata of society ♦ Today’s ghost and horror stories derive from 18thcentury Gothic novels
- 4. The term Gothicwas associated with:
- 5. The term Gothicwas associated with: ♦ Medieval => architectural style of the Middle Ages
- 6. The term Gothicwas associated with: ♦ Medieval => architectural style of the Middle Ages ♦ Irregular and barbarious (as opposed to classicism)
- 7. The term Gothicwas associated with: ♦ Medieval => architectural style of the Middle Ages ♦ Irregular and barbarious (as opposed to classicism) ♦ Wild and supernatural => mysterious & fearful
- 8. Gothic literature… ♦ …can now be considered as the product of a society that was conscious of social inequity
- 9. Big social changesof 18th century ♦ RISE OF THE BOURGEOISIE, who had begun to understand its real condition
- 10. Big social changesof 18th century ♦ MIGRATION towards INDUSTRIALIZED TOWNS (thousands of people abandoned country villages in search of better job opportunities in cities
- 11. Big social changesof 18th century ♦ INDUSTRIAL EXPLOITATION which destroyed the importance of the single human being MAN had become a SLAVE to forces he could not control
- 12. In rejection ofsuch reality:
- 13. In rejection ofsuch a reality: ♦ They showed big interest in the SUPERNATURAL
- 14. In rejection ofsuch a reality => INTEREST in: ♦ the SUPERNATURAL ♦ INTENSE FEELINGS such as terror, as a way to realize individual potential
- 15. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME Edmund Burke ♦What is beauty?
- 16. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦What is sublime?
- 17. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦Flowerbeds are beautiful…
- 18. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦Daylight is beautiful …
- 19. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦Daylight is beautiful because it can be contemplated
- 20. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦ The eruption of a volcano is sublime
- 21. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦ The eruption of a volcano is sublime ♦ A storm is sublime
- 22. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦ The eruption of a volcano is sublime ♦ A storm at sea is sublime ♦ An abyss is sublime
- 23. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦ The eruption of a volcano is sublime ♦ A storm at sea is sublime ♦ An abyss is sublime ♦ The obscurity of the night is sublime because…
- 24. CONCEPT of theSUBLIME E. Burke ♦ the sublime arouses emotions such as: – Uncertainty – Anxiety – Anguish – Astonishment – Admiration, reverence, respect
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- 26. BURKE’s conclusion isthat… ♦ the great and the sublime are more effective than beauty in art because they arouse:
- 27. BURKE’s conclusion isthat… ♦ the great and the sublime are more effective than beauty in art because they arouse: – HORROR & FEAR ….by suspending man’s faculty of reason
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- 30. GOTHIC SYMBOLS ♦The wanderer ♦Thevampire ♦The overreacher
- 31. GOTHIC SYMBOLS ♦ Theyrepresent: -> Rejection of limits and constraints
- 32. GOTHIC SYMBOLS ♦ Theyrepresent: -> Rejection of limits and constraints -> Interest in intense feelings
- 33. GOTHIC SYMBOLS ♦ Theyrepresent: -> Rejection of limits and constraints -> Interest in intense feelings ->Concern with the exploration of forbidden, denied areas.
- 34. They all represent figuresof individualists who are not satisfied with the society they live in
- 35. They all representfigures of individualists who are not satisfied with the society they live in ♦ Their concern with the exploration of forbidden knowledge or denied areas reflects the wish to go beyond God, nature and human limits.
- 36. They all representfigures of individualists who are not satisfied with the society they live in ♦ Their concern with the exploration of forbidden knowledge or denied areas reflects the wish to go beyond God, nature and human limits. ♦ They reject all constraints and limits imposed by religious or social laws
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- 39. SETTING ♦ Ancient settings:isolated castles, mysterious abbeys, hidden passages, secret rooms ♦ Catholic countries (Protestant prejudice)
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- 41. CHARACTERS ♦ Supernatural beings:vampires, monsters, ghosts ♦ Heroines stricken with terror and persecuted ♦Terrifying male characters victim of their negative impulses with no command over them
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- 43. PLOT ♦ very complicated,associated with mysterious elements ♦Exaggerated reactions of the characters to mysterious or events situations
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- 45. ATMOSPHERE ♦ Terrifying descriptionsof ghosts/monsters ♦ Sense of mystery ♦ Great suspense
- 46. Most famous Gothicnovels:
- 47. Most famous Gothicnovels: ♦ The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
- 48. Most famous Gothicnovels: ♦ The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole ♦ The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliff
- 49. Most famous Gothicnovels: ♦ The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole ♦ The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliff ♦ The Monk by Matthew Lewis
- 50. Most famous Gothicnovels: ♦ The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole ♦ The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliff ♦ The Monk by Matthew Lewis ♦ Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
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- 53. Epistolary Novel Maybe thewriter wanted to disguise her own voice as a woman by hiding behind three male narrators
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- 55. Narration of Walton to hissister Narration of Frankenstein to Walton
- 56. Narration of Walton to hissister Narration of Frankenstein to Walton Narration of Monster to Frankenstein
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- 58. CHARACTERS ♦ Few characters=> the most important are the three narrators
- 59. Captain WALTON ♦ Adouble of Frankenstein
- 60. Captain WALTON ♦ Adouble of Frankenstein ♦ Manifesting the same ambition
- 61. Captain WALTON ♦ Adouble of Frankenstein ♦ Manifesting the same ambition ♦ Characterised by Romantic elements:
- 62. Captain WALTON ♦ Adouble of Frankenstein ♦ Manifesting the same ambition ♦ Characterised by Romantic elements: – NATURE seen as the embodiment of God
- 63. Captain WALTON ♦ Adouble of Frankenstein ♦ Manifesting the same ambition ♦ Characterised by Romantic elements: – NATURE seen as the embodiment of God – The longing for the North and travel towards the unknown
- 64. Captain WALTON ♦ Adouble of Frankenstein ♦ Manifesting the same ambition ♦ Characterised by Romantic elements: – NATURE seen as the embodiment of God – The longing for the North and travel towards the unknown – The wish for loneliness and pride in being different.
- 65. Captain WALTON Captain Waltontries to go beyond human limits
- 66. Captain WALTON Captain Waltonis punished in the end as all overreachers are: his punishment is • the imprisonment of his ship in the ice •The rebellion of the crew
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- 68. Victor FRANKENSTEIN ♦ Heis an overreacher
- 69. Victor FRANKENSTEIN ♦ Heis an overreacher ♦ He wants to defeat death and create a spark of life without woman’s participation
- 70. Victor FRANKENSTEIN ♦ Heis an overreacher ♦ He wants to defeat death and create a spark of life without woman’s participation ♦ He breaks the rules and challenges God => Myth of Prometheus
- 71. Victor FRANKENSTEIN ♦ Heis an overreacher ♦ He wants to defeat death and create a spark of life without woman’s participation ♦ He breaks the rules and challenges God => Myth of Prometheus ♦ He is hungry for knowledge – His ambition to know the secrets of life leads him to damnation => Myth of Dr. Faust
- 72. Victor FRANKENSTEIN Frankenstein wants toaccess forbidden knowledge without considering the consequences of his actions
- 73. Victor FRANKENSTEIN Frankenstein ispunished in the end His punishment is: • The murder of his beloved •His own death
- 74. Victor FRANKENSTEIN ♦ Frankensteinand the monster are complementary:
- 75. Victor FRANKENSTEIN ♦ Frankensteinand the monster are complementary: – both suffer from a sense of alienation and isolation
- 76. Victor FRANKENSTEIN ♦ Frankensteinand the monster are complementary: – both suffer from a sense of alienation and isolation – Both begin with a desire to be good but become obsessed with hate and revenge
- 77. The MONSTER… ♦ …becomesthe protagonist in the third part of the novel
- 78. The MONSTER… ♦ …is an intelligent being
- 79. The MONSTER ♦ Heis an intelligent being ♦ His natural sensibility is hurt by the repulsion and terror he produces
- 80. The MONSTER ♦ Heis an intelligent being ♦ His natural sensibility is hurt by the repulsion and terror he produces ♦ He represents a deviation from the rule – a deviation from the forces of good.
- 81. The MONSTER ♦ Heis an intelligent being ♦ His natural sensibility is hurt by the repulsion and terror he produces ♦ He represents a deviation from the rule – a deviation from the forces of good. ♦ He becomes an outcast, a murderer and a rebel against every human being
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- 85. THEMES ♦The overreacher – Inthe characters of Walton and Doctor Frankenstein => they both try to overcome human limits
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- 87. THEMES ♦The double: – DoctorFrankenstein and the monster are two aspects of the same being => anticipating the double identity of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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- 89. THEMES ♦Usurping the femalerole: – The creation of human beings becomes possible without the participation of women
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- 91. THEMES =>Scientific research connectedto the development of science in the period =>
- 92. THEMES ♦ Penetrating Nature’ssecrets: =>Scientific research connected to the development of science in the period => Desire of the Romantics to penetrate Nature’s secrets related to the theme of the overreacher
- 93. THEMES ♦ Penetrating Nature’ssecrets: =>Scientific research connected to the development of science in the period => Desire of the Romantics to penetrate Nature’s secrets related to the theme of the overreacher ⇒Limits and dangers of scientific research
- 94. THEMES ♦ Penetrating Nature’ssecrets: =>Scientific research connected to the development of science in the period => Desire of the Romantics to penetrate Nature’s secrets related to the theme of the overreacher ⇒Limits and dangers of scientific research ⇒ The novel is considered a forerunner of science fiction
- 95. THEMES ♦ Social injustice -the monster is good in his inside
- 96. THEMES ♦ Social injustice -the monster is good in his inside - he becomes evil only because of the humiliations and injustices he has suffered => OUTCAST of society
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- 98. THEMES ♦ Education andexperience: => represented by the monster’s intellectual and emotional development
- 99. The novel isonly partly Gothic…. ♦ …because it is not set in a Gothic castle
- 100. The novel isonly partly Gothic…. ♦ …because it is not set in a Gothic castle ♦ It does not deal with supernatural events
- 101. The novel isonly partly Gothic…. ♦ …because it is not set in a Gothic castle ♦ It does not deal with supernatural events ♦ It deals with a scientific experiment and the horror derived from the unexpected outcome
- 102. The Gothic elementis to be found …. ♦ …in the description of the parts of the corpse which make up the monster,
- 103. The Gothic elementis to be found …. ♦ …in the description of the parts of the corpse which make up the monster, ♦ The dreadful setting
- 104. The Gothic elementis to be found …. ♦ …in the description of the parts of the corpse which make up the monster ♦ The dreadful setting ♦ The emotional atmosphere
- 105. FRANKENSTEIN by mary Shelley BEWARNED !